MRO Specialist

About the role

The MRO Specialist is responsible for receiving stores, and issuing equipment, material, supplies, or tools and compiling stock records in stockroom and throughout the plant site. This position is responsible for contributing to a safe workplace and minimizing negative environmental impacts by complying with the EHS policies, procedures, work instructions outlined in the EHSMS Training Assessment for this position.

Responsibilities

• Performs a physical count of inventory, maintaining records in SAP inventory system.
• Performs special inventories on a regular basis.
• Supplies specified areas of the plant with items requested from the tool crib area.
• Performs shipping (MRO) and receiving duties on a daily basis.
• Regulates gate access for receiving shipments and other miscellaneous deliveries.
• Counts, sorts, or weighs incoming articles to verify receipt of items on requisition or invoices.
• Stores articles in bins, on floor, or on shelves, according to identifying information such as style, size, or type of material.
• Fills orders or issues supplies from stock.
• Prepares periodic, special, or perpetual inventory of stock.
• Distributes stock among production workers, keeping records of material issued.
• Moves or transports material or supplies to other departments, hand or other powered industrial trucks.
• Maintains inventory and other stock records, using computer terminal.
• General housekeeping duties as defined by Stores or Maintenance Manager.
• Promotes and actively supports a safety-first workplace culture, identifies and reports unsafe conditions, and stops work when necessary to ensure safety.
• All team members abide by the location's Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) policy which is enforced by the local leadership, complies with the legal and other requirements and operational controls established under its EHSMS, works towards achieving established objectives and targets, and conforms to procedures consistent with the ISO 14001 standard.
• All team members will understand all the environmental aspects of his/her job. An employee should report, and if necessary, stop any activity that does not conform to the policy or may injure himself/herself.
• Identifies and addresses non-conforming work, materials, or procedures within a timely manner.
• Each team member has the authority to initiate action to prevent the occurrence of non-conformities relating to the product, process and quality system and has the authority to stop further work on non-conforming suspect product until the deficiency or conditions have been corrected.
• Takes ownership of work by demonstrating accountability for results and being honest and transparent when things do not go to plan.
• Follows 5S principles by maintaining, cleaning, organizing, and improving the areas. Also, by making suggestions to get to the next level of excellence and then doing it again.
• Consistently meets high standards of safety, quality, integrity, and performance.
• Demonstrates a commitment to continuous learning and improvement.
• Maintains regular attendance and punctuality.
• Demonstrates a willingness to hold tough conversations with others while seeking first to understand, speaking with respect, and with the purpose of making things better.
• Supports the leadership team as needed to meet the plant and business unit objectives.
• All other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent GED preferred.
• Must have one year's previous manufacturing experience or equivalent.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Must communicate (orally or in written form) effectively with co-workers, departments, as well as customers and vendors.
• Ability to solve practical problems, interpret, resolve problems and issues using a variety of instructions or guides furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Must have beginner/intermediate computer knowledge.
• SAP experience is a plus.
• Familiarity with LEAN and Continuous Improvement is a plus.

Physical and mental demands

• Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds frequently (up to two-thirds of the work period) with lifting at a variety of levels (i.e. from waist to floor, as well as from waist to shoulder height).
• On a continuous basis (50% of the work period) must be able to stand and/or walk.
• On a regular basis (50% of the work period) must be able to sit at desk or work bench level.
• Frequent (from one-third to two-thirds of the time) reaching and handling are necessary.
• Near visual acuity (20" or less) is also needed on a frequent basis.
• Occasionally (up to one-third of the time) ability to stoop, by bending the body downward and forward from the waist (bending) is necessary, as is occasional kneeling and/or crouching.
• Most aspects are performed inside the plant facility with noise exposure. PPE may be required in the areas assigned.

Aptitudes

• Intelligence/general learning ability.
• Verbal/ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them, and to use them effectively.
• Numerical/ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately.
• Spatial/ability to comprehend forms in space and understand relationships of plane and solid objects.
• With minimal supervision, ability to solve practical problems, interpret, resolve problems and issues using a variety of instructions for guides furnished in written, oral, diagram &/or schedule form.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions.
• Ability to communicate orally and in written form effectively with co-workers, departments, customers, and vendors.
• Form perception/ability to perceive pertinent detail in objects.
• Manual dexterity/ability to move hands easily and skillfully, to work the hands in placing and turning motions.

Pay

Rate of pay for an MRO Specialist will start out at $22.57 per hour and progresses to $23.57.

Schedule

This position will be first shift from 6:45 am to 3:15 pm.

Benefits

Tenneco has excellent benefit options that start upon date of hire, including a medical PPO and high deductible option, dental, vision (basic and enhanced option), life insurances, critical illness, pet insurance, life lock, and other benefit options. Also, there is a 401(k) with an enhanced contribution and matching program.